Chinese Dialects : List with all references

Number: 2006

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 樓

MC description : 流開一平侯來

ZIHUI: 2869 1511

Beijing: lou 12

Jinan: lou 12

Xi'an: lou 12

Taiyuan: lou 1

Hankou: nou 12

Chengdu: nǝu 12

Yangzhou: lôɨ 12

Suzhou: löy 12

Wenzhou: lau 12

Changsha: nôu 12

Shuangfeng: nie 12

Nanchang: lɛu 31

Meixian: lɛu 12

Guangzhou: lau 12

Xiamen: lɔ 12 (lit.); lau 12; lɔ 12 (lit.); lau 12

Chaozhou: lau 12

Fuzhou: leu 12 (lit.); lau 12

Shanghai: lô 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: lou 12

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Chinese characters :

Character: 樓

Modern (Beijing) reading: lóu

Preclassic Old Chinese: rō

Classic Old Chinese: rō

Western Han Chinese: rwā

Eastern Han Chinese: rwā

Early Postclassic Chinese: lōw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: lǝ̄w

Late Postclassic Chinese: lǝ̄w

Middle Chinese: lʌw

English meaning : storey, several-storeyed building [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) двухэтажный (многоэтажный) дом; башня; 2) верхний этаж; мезонин; 3) трактир, харчевня, таверна; 4) Лоу (фамилия)

Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is lâu. For *r- cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou, Fuzhou lau², Jianou le².

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 8817

Karlgren code: 0123 k

Vietnamese reading: lầu

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